Ravindra Jadeja goes for a pull shot throughout the Asia Cup Twenty20 worldwide cricket Group A match between India and Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Dubai on August 28, 2022. — AFP
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is predicted to unveil a schedule for the Asia Cup 2025 within the first week of July, as this key improvement exhibits a shift from earlier uncertainty pushed by India-Pakistan tensions.
This improvement dominated out stories suggesting that India may withdraw from the match resulting from political tensions.
The upcoming match is prone to be held below a hybrid mannequin, much like the 2023 version, which is predicted to be held within the second week of September, with September being thought of as a tentative begin date, Cricbuzz reported.
The UAE continues to stay the frontrunner to host the match, though there may be additionally some dialogue round staging it in a hybrid format, the report stated.
Whereas India is the designated host this time, the ACC had earlier determined that when it’s India or Pakistan’s flip to host the Asia Cup, the match could be held in a impartial venue — for comprehensible causes, it added.
In 2023, Pakistan was the official host, however resulting from political tensions, India opted to play all of its matches in Sri Lanka below a hybrid internet hosting association.
Subsequently, the match is predicted to be held solely within the UAE or observe a hybrid mannequin as soon as once more.
In view of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the 2025 version of the Asia Cup is predicted to be held within the T20 format to assist collaborating groups gear up for the worldwide occasion.
The six groups confirmed to take part within the Asia Cup 2025 are Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the UAE.
Promotional actions for the occasion have already begun, with match promos airing on Indian tv and circulating broadly throughout social media platforms.
In the meantime, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) launched the schedules for 2 world occasions — the Girls’s ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, and the Girls’s T20 World Cup in England.
The arch-rivals are scheduled to face one another in each the tournaments — first on October 5 in Colombo, after which on June 14, 2026, at Edgbaston.
